SEPTEMBER 2010

Create and customize labour market projections with MiHR: Introducing two powerful resources offering extensive research and analysis

The Canadian mining industry faces several labour market challenges and tens of thousands of skilled positions must be filled in the next decade to keep the industry robust. Despite impressive increases in the participation of various demographic groups (e.g., women), employers are still faced with an aging workforce and a looming labour shortage.

MiHR is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Mining Industry Employment and Hiring Forecasts 2010 report and Mining HR Forecasts to proactively address these challenges and help industry meet future hiring requirements.

Developed under MiHR's Mining Workforce Information Network (MIWIN), these two new resources provide the most extensive research and analysis on Canada's mining labour market and workforce planning to date.

"For the first time ever, employers, educators, job seekers, HR professionals and other stakeholders will not only have access to an in-depth analysis of the mining industry's workforce and its characteristics but also a web-based forecasting tool allows them to create their own "what-if" scenarios and assess the potential impact on their hiring requirements," says Ryan Montpellier, Executive Director at MiHR.

The Canadian Mining Industry Employment and Hiring Forecasts 2010 report expands on previous research and forecasts (conducted in 2008 and 2009) that examined the dynamics of the mining labour markets in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The report provides an economic overview of the Canadian mining industry and its labour market, as well as discussion on key labour market trends, including employment, labour productivity, educational attainment, employment relations, workforce demographics and diversity.

"Employment forecasts and workforce profile information form the backbone of an industry strategy for addressing the mining HR challenge," says Paul Hébert, Vice President, Government Affairs, The Mining Association of Canada. "MAC member companies will gain significant benefits from access to enhanced labour market intelligence. MiHR's labour market reports will also help the mining association as it works with government to ensure sound public policy on immigration, education and aboriginal engagement."

Also included in the report is a description of the model for forecasting employment and hiring requirements, national, regional and occupational employment and hiring forecasts over a 10 year period and high level discussion on addressing current and future labour market challenges.

Mining HR Forecasts is a website which includes an employment forecasting tool and reports. The employment forecasting tool projects changes in employment and hiring requirements over a 10 year period, with particular emphasis on national, regional and occupational needs and generates custom forecasts based on the model and parameters specified in the Canadian Mining Industry Employment and Hiring Forecasts 2010 report.

Perform simple criteria selection to generate forecasts based on region, occupation, and economic forecast scenario and generate custom forecasts by specifying labour productivity rate, separation rate and average retirement age. You can also use the tool to generate short reports which compare MiHR's forecast scenarios to your own customized "what if" scenarios, enabling industry to make strategic decisions on future hiring requirements.

"Reliable labour market information is the foundation for informed strategies on succession planning, aligning industry with the universities, colleges and technical schools, and targeting new sources of employees. Being able to generate customized HR forecasts specific to our organization is of immense value," says Patricia Dillon, Director, Employee Communications and Engagement, Teck Resources Limited.

MiHR is committed to developing solutions to address these challenges by exploring anticipated hiring requirements over the medium to long term and providing labour market information (LMI) to sector stakeholders. MIWIN's suite of employment forecasting products is a key component of this solution.

Canadian Mining Industry Employment and Hiring Forecasts 2010 and Mining HR Forecasts can be accessed for free at www.mininghrforecasts.ca. To receive a print copy of Canadian Mining Industry Employment and Hiring Forecasts 2010, or provincial reports for British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario, please contact MiHR at (613) 270-9696 or info@mihr.ca. 

Join the Canadian Mining HR Professionals and Innovators Group

To further connect mining HR professionals and in the interest of building a Canadian mining human resources community of practice, we invite you to join The Canadian Mining HR Professionals and Innovators Group on LinkedIn. Click here to join now!

The group will enable members to share knowledge, pose questions to other mining HR professionals and strengthen ideas against an industry sounding board.

This is a group specific to mining. Please email akennedy@mihr.ca with suggestions on how it can be managed to benefit you and who you would like to include in the mining HR community. 

Don't miss out on this bonus offer ($1000 VALUE) to market your company to recent grads and post-secondary students across Canada

Considering becoming Lead Sponsor of Speakers Bureau or the Virtual MineMentor Program? If so, this is your last chance to receive the promotional bonus of appearing in Talent Egg's Social Media Campaign, Focus on Mining. Involvement in this promotion usually costs $1,000 per featured employer, but we are offering the Lead Sponsor of either of these programs this valuable profile for free. We are also offering Contributing Level Sponsors a 25% reduction in the cost. This bonus offer ends today, September 10, 2010, at 4:30 pm.

Here are the details on the Focus on Mining social media campaign:

Talent Egg and Explore for More are bringing mining careers into the spotlight through the Focus on Mining social media campaign

From October 4-8 new graduates and post-secondary students will become aware of the amazing opportunities in our sector through the Focus on Mining campaign.

The online event will utlize an innovative and pro-active approach through social media (i.e.Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube), video interviews, online articles and employer profiles. Through the featured content developed for the Focus on Mining event, Canadian youth will learn about the mining industry, career paths, and more. The content will also address many of the myths and misconceptions about the industry that exist among youth.

The Focus on Mining website will contain video, student-written articles, student blog posts, and weblinks. Explore for More Sponsors will benefit from an online organization profile, opportunity to post career opportunities, and hyperlinked logos in the Focus on Mining.

Again, involvement in this promotion usually costs $1,000 per featured employer but we are offering the Lead Sponsor of the Virtual Mine Mentor Program or Speakers Bureau this valuable promotion for free. Contributing level Sponsors will receive a 25% reduction in the cost. To benefit from this bonus offer, please respond by 4:30 pm today, September 10, 2010.


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